In 1998, Barend and Henk van Dorp began presenting
Villa BvD, a talk show held on multiple occasions when a large association football event was held (e.g.,
1998 FIFA World Cup and
UEFA Euro 2000). The show featured
Jan Mulder as
sidekick. In 2009, he started together with his daughter Barbara Barend the sports magazine
Helden. In 2007, he was one of the co-founders of the television channel
Het Gesprek, together with Ruud Hendriks and
Derk Sauer. The channel exclusively broadcast interviews and debates. The channel stopped broadcasting in August 2010 due to financial problems. He received the award for his work as journalist during the
1978 FIFA World Cup held in Argentina. He was cast to play a resistance fighter in the war musical
40-45 but his acting skills did not prove to be good enough. A few months later, he got a small role as a pilot in the musical. == Personal life ==